With the incidence of smallpox, just over 500 Quebecers have been vaccinated against the virus, according to public health officials.
“We are vaccinating in a very targeted way. So we have vaccinated people who have been at high risk for the last 14 days,” said Dr Genevieve Bergeron, director general of infectious diseases in Montreal.
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Most of the cases in Quebec are in Montreal. According to Bergeron, the city has reached 82 cases, although not all of them have been officially confirmed.
The first two confirmed cases in Canada were opened on May 26 in Quebec, which remains the province with the highest rate of infection.
Although monkeypox is not classified as a sexually transmitted disease, Bergeron said it is often spread through sexual contact.
“We see the chain of transmission mainly on social media for men who have sex with men,” Bergeron said.
She said anyone who believes they have monkeypox should isolate themselves and notify those they have been in contact with.
Symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, swollen lymph nodes and sores.
With files from Vanessa Lee from CTV.
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